Tailor s marking-pencil



NUniTnD sTATns PATENT onnion WM. GOOVER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA..

TAILOR/S MARKING-PENCIL.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,236, dated August 26, 1843.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM Goovnn, of Erie, in the county of Erie andState of Pennsylvania, have invent-ed a new lustrument or Machine forthe Use of Tailors in Marking Their Cloth for Cutting, called theTailors Ready-lvlarking Pencil, and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an outsideview of the case, (hereinafter mentioned) and Fig. 2 is a view of t-hework inside of t-he said case as is hereinafter mentioned.

The letter A denotes the flat tube `or case.

The letter B in Fig'. 2 denotes a screw stem.

The letter C in Fig. 2 denotes the slide or follower. v

The letter a in Figil denotes the outside case.

The letter ZJ in Fig. l denotes the part `of the case raised to admitthe screw B.

The letter c in Fig'. l denotes the thumb piece. Y

The letter (Z in Fig. 1 denotes the hard soap or material used inmarking.

The letter e in Fig. 2 denotes the neck piece. The letter o in Fig. 2denotes the thumb piece.

The letter f in Fig. 2 denotes the bur `onl the screw. r r

The external part of the instrument consists of a flat case of about oneand one fourth inches in width and three and one half inches in length,(the size may be `varied so as to suit thetaste or 'convenience of thosewho use it.) The upper part of the ease is raised in the middle of it,on each side, for the distance of about half its length, by a small ovalprojection, so as to admit within the case, a screw, for the purposeshereinafter mentioned.V The upper end of the case is closed,` exceptinga small round orifice, in the middle, so as to admit a screw for thepurposes aforesaid. The lower end of the case is open; .the width oftheopening, being about the one twelfth of an inch; which aperture oropening extends to the top of the case;. the case may be made of brass,silver, or any other kind of metal which may be preferred. At the upperend of the case is inserted a'screw, with athumbpiece projecting out ofthe case; this screw is about one half the length of the case, and ismade fast by a neck piece (e, Fig. 2,) so as to admit of turning in thepiece which incloses the upper part of the case. To this screw isattached a slide (letter C, Fig. 2,) having a bur, (letter j', Fig'. 2,)at the top, for the screw to work in. This slide is composed of iron,and is about half the length of the case, and of such thickness as toadmit of moving in the case, and at the same time nearly filling up theaperture, and consists of prongs or forks widening from the top, and sobent, or turned in, at the lower end, as that the lower surfaces of thesame shall be in one plane, and so as nearly to fill up the aperture atthe lower end of the case. This slide is moved up and down (by theturning of the screw) from the lower end of the case, or mouth of theaperture, about half way up the length of the case, or mouth of theaperture, and down again, as occasion may require.

The manner in which this instrument is used, is as follows: A piece ofhard soap, or whatever material may be used for marking the cloth, is tobe sawed into a suitable size, in width and thickness, so as to beinserted or crowded into the aperture of the case, the distance of abouthalf its length, so as to fill up the aperture, when the slide is drawnup by the screw; a small portion of the soap or other material is to beleft so as toprotrude or project out of the mouth of the aperture,across its width, so as to be convenient for marking the cloth; and asthis is worn off by use its place is to be continually supplied, byturning the screw, and forcing `the remaining part down to the mouth ofthe aperture, until the whole of the soap which has been put into thecase is used up and worn out, when its place is to be supplied, byinserting another piece into the aperture, and thus continue the supply,and keep the pencil always ready for use, and this without any loss ofthe material, excepting the necessary wear by use.

`I claim- 4 The mode herein described of constructing a marking pencilfor tailors, that is to say combining with a flat tube A, the screw stemB, with'its follower C, in the manner and for the purposes specified.

WM. COOVEB. Witnesses:

RICHARD SILL. Ritorna. O. HULBUT,

